Carolos Papoulias
Greece
History of Greek Presidential Elections: Secret Talks, Shady Acts
The ballot for the President of the Hellenic Republic in the past 40 years has not always been a clean affair. Since the restoration of democracy in Greece in 1974, nominees for the presidency and election processes have been...
Economy
Coalition Looking to Accelerate Procedures for Presidential Elections
The talks between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Vice PresidentEvangelos Venizelos at Maximos Mansion ended at around 11:00 a.m. today, but the two men declined to make announcements to the Press. Samaras and Venizelos discussed the negotiations with the...
Economy
Germany Dismisses Greece’s War Reparation Claims
Greece’s war reparation claims have once again been rejected by the German government. Berlin underlined that Germany’s view on the matter has remained unchanged.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert stated that Germany’s opinion on Greece’s claims is the same. He added...
Europe
Court Rejects Karadzic Subpoena of Greek President
The UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court has rejected a call by Bosnian Serb former leader Radovan Karadzic to subpoena Greek President Carolos Papoulias to testify at his genocide trial.
“The requirements for the issuance of a subpoena have not been...
Greece
Merkel Phones Carolos Papoulias, Calls for Stable Government
Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a stable Greek government to be formed quickly after new elections in a telephone call with President Carolos Papoulias on Friday, a German government spokesman said.
"The chancellor had a telephone conversation on Friday morning...
Economy
Schaeuble Shows Sympathy for Greeks' Plight
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he felt great sympathy for the people of Greece in their efforts to restart their economy and put their finances in order, in an interview to be published Sunday.
"I very much empathize with...
Greece
Karadzic Calls For Carolos Papoulias To Give Evidence on His Case
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday to issue a subpoena compelling the Greek President Carolos Papoulias to give a one-hour interview to Karadzic’s advisor.
According to the former...